Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California · Private · 921 undergraduates · hmc.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
12%
of 5,217 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1500 to 1560
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$101,200Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Harvey Mudd College
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
12% of applicants admitted
Reach
It admits only 12% of applicants, so it's a reach for everyone.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$101,200
a year in 2027-28, from a $101,200 sticker price
What to do with your 1510
Send your score
About 29% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1480, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Changing for fall 2028: test required.
Source: Apply to Harvey Mudd · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov15Early Decision · November 15, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Jan5Early Decision II · January 5, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan5Regular Decision · January 5, 2027The standard deadline.
Source: Apply to Harvey Mudd
Who gets in
12%
of applicants were admitted: 643 of 5,217 for fall 2025.
Early Decision
Binding. 18% of early applicants were admitted.
Wait list
685 students were offered a spot; 0 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 55% of them sent SAT scores and 21% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1500 to 1560
Reading and Writing 740 to 770
Math 760 to 800
ACT composite 35 to 36
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160098%
- 1200 to 13992%
- 1000 to 11990%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$101,200
a year
- Tuition$75,580
- Fees$420
- Food and housing$24,370
- Books and supplies$830
Harvey Mudd College published $97,304 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$41,333
- $30,001 to $48,000$11,487
- $48,001 to $75,000$21,515
- $75,001 to $110,000$16,864
- Over $110,000$58,366
Financial aid
100%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$64,941
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
12%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $11,875 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid deadline: 2/1
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Harvey Mudd College National Merit Scholarship
$1,000 to $2,000 a year
National Merit
Deadline: Name this college your first choice with NMSC. To keep it: stay a full-time student (at least 12 credit hours).
Details
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP credit
Not given
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
93%
Come back for a second year
96%
Typical earnings
$164,248
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Harvey Mudd College$149,465
- All colleges$94,282
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 2 majors here have earnings data.
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